Ambient
Sonya Waters: 'I've always loved that lush, ethereal sound'
Sonya Waters is a musician and producer who has fronted three New Zealand bands - Fang, The Instigators and White Swan Black Swan. Having played in punk and shoegaze bands, she turned to ambient music… Audio
Introducing: Modniy
This week on Introducing we meet Modniy. A sonic project by Poneke based musician Sonya Ishimnikova. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 13 September 2023
In Pocket Edition this week we take a trip back to early days of electronica in Aotearoa, play new waiata in celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. And hear fresh music from grunge musician Kristin… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition:6 September 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Ladi6 is lauded a laureate for her contribution to the arts. Maggie Tweedie sits down with Slowdive to reflect on the bands legacy in the shoegaze scene. And we hear fresh… Audio
Using music as medicine
New research has revealed that music could be prescribed to help us focus, feel happier, relax and overcome sadness. Lyz Cooper is the founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy and conducted the… Audio
Julianna Barwick - The spaces in-between
Julianna Barwick creates one-woman choral soundscapes that sit somewhere in-between ambient Eno and Enya. The Brooklyn NY resident is heading to NZ with her looper and moog synthesisers next week. Video, Audio
Jet Jaguar - studio scientist 20 years in
For the last two decades, Wellington-based information management consultant and musician Michael Upton has spent his free time recording and performing experimental electronica as Jet Jaguar. Audio
Sonorous Circle
Record labels are machines of hype, or at least they used to be. Some labels seem to exist for more esoteric reasons. Bring the right music together under the same label and strange alchemy can… Audio